Is God calling me?
When I talk about vocation, many get scared at just the though of it. The first things that come to their mind are religious habits, endless prayers, people living in…
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16 Publicaciones
7 Unmerited Gifts that God Gives to Priests and Consecrated Religious
How is it possible that a young man decides to leave everything behind to enter the seminary? Why would this young woman decided to leave her old life to shut…
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Old and New Colors
I wish to paint a picture for you of something I felt very strongly recently. The verbal expression of the feeling is this: With Christ we see new colors. I…
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Not to Mention the Stars
Is it good to show sex in a book? Some argue yes. “After all, love is what makes the world go round,” they say. “It’s happening somewhere every hour of…
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When the Veil Falls
Not long ago, my team had a crazy idea. As if seminary life in Rome wasn’t crazy enough, we decided to throw in a little more adventure and pull an…
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Librarian in Flight
21D—of itself, it signified an aisle seat in the 21st row of the Boeing aircraft. To Mr. Harrison, librarian, the letter signified the World History section of the Library of…
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Difficulties vs. Challenges in the Life of a Christian
Every man needs to be tried and tested, and pushed to expand his limits. We need to be challenged like every runner challenge his muscles in training, for only by…
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What Priests Won’t Tell You
Quite a few years ago, I read an article titled “What Doctors Won’t Tell You.” The content was basically secrets that doctors don’t tell their patients like tricks to pay…
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Romeo and Juliet: An Alternate Ending
Tucked away in the Italian hills north of Rome is a little town called Monteflavio from which one can see the ruins of a Medieval village, the original Monteflavio, which…
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How It’s Made: Priests
When asked how long our formation for the priesthood is, a dropped jaw is usually the response we get after saying “14 years.” “Why does it take so long? You…
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Mary Magdalene, Conversion, and Reconciliation
Last year Pope Francis elevated the liturgical celebration of St. Mary Magdalene to the category of “feast day”. The Holy Father did so, in part, to encourage us to “reflect…
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The Grace of Baptism
In 2011 I was asked to be the godfather at my niece Ava’s baptism. I was more than happy to take on this responsibility, and I felt honored to be…
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El enemigo en casa
¿Has visto alguna vez una ciudad amurallada? Acontecía con frecuencia en la antigüedad que un grupo de hombres acordaban en crear muros de protección, armas de defensa y suministro de…
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May Your Light Shine on My Day
It is 5:37 pm, and I have very few minutes left if I want to be on time. This is my daily meeting and I don’t want to miss it.…
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Success
Falling down a mountain is scary. Falling off of a seven man crew that is carrying a tree trunk up that mountain, is downright terrifying. There I was, on a…
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